Green Tea Lime Pie Smoothie Bowl

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up! Are you doing anything fun? I’m hosting a get together on Tuesday, so I’ve been planning a green themed menu to serve on the big day.

Smoothie bowls have been quite the sensation for a long time now, but I think this might be only the second smoothie bowl I’ve made. The truth is, I just love the efficiency of throwing things into a blender and guzzling it down in a glass – a few minutes seems to be all the time I have in the morning. I don’t want to fuss with smoothie bowls. But I figured it would be nice for a special themed breakfast! Plus, sometimes I need to remind myself not to inhale my food and sitting down to a bowl helps me slooooow down a bit. So instead of taking me 20 seconds to inhale it now takes me 60 (breastfeeding hunger is no joke). Anyway, this bowl is a nutritious way to kick off the day, especially if you plan on indulging later on!

The flavour is inspired by the popular Key Lime Pie, but with a green tea twist. Get it – TEA lime pie instead of KEY? I truly outdid myself with this title, I know. Imagine what I could do on a full night’s sleep?!

Ok joking aside, Matcha Green Tea Powder happens to pair lovely with banana and avocado, but it’s an optional booster ingredient so not to worry if you don’t have any on hand. The smoothie is still amazing without it. However, if you do stock Matcha it adds a wonderful energizing element to smoothies and a nice antioxidant boost. Since it’s fairly bitter, a little bit goes a long way; I only used 1/4 teaspoon in this smoothie. If you don’t think you will consume a whole tin, you might want to try out the single serving packs that are available in many grocery stores now. I store my opened tin in the fridge for maximum freshness.

The hydrating base is made up with coconut water which might be a great way to start the day if you plan on indulging in drinks later on. A frozen banana and avocado make it ultra creamy and lightly sweet, while lime juice and lots of zest give it a tangy, aromatic kick. It’s basically all of my favourite flavours wrapped into one kick butt smoothie bowl! We all know that smoothie bowls are so fun because of all the toppings you get to add, so I topped my bowl with melted coconut butter (which solidifies upon hitting the cold smoothie), granola, hemp hearts, and large flake coconut. I purposely made the smoothie on the thicker side so the toppings would sit nicely on the top and not sink through – that’s key!

5 from 29 reviews

Green Tea Lime Pie Smoothie Bowl

This is one of my all-time favourite smoothie bowls—and it's one of the most popular on the blog! Dig into the tropical flavours of lime, coconut, banana, and avocado with some baby spinach and Matcha green tea powder thrown in for an extra boost. The flavour reminds me of a creamy, tart, and sweet Key Lime Pie!

Yield2 cups (500 mL)

Prep time10 Minutes

Cook time0 Minutes

Total time10 Minutes

Ingredients:

For the smoothie:

1/2 cup (125 mL) coconut water

1 cup fresh baby spinach

1 large frozen banana

1/4 cup avocado

2 teaspoons lime zest*

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon (20 mL) fresh lime juice

2 to 3 ice cubes

2 teaspoons (10 mL) pure maple syrup, or to taste

1/2 teaspoon Matcha green tea powder

Topping ideas:

Granola**

Sliced banana and mango

Melted coconut butter

Large flake dried coconut

Lime zest

Hemp hearts

Directions:

Add all the smoothie ingredients into a high speed blender and blend on high until smooth. Adjust sweetness if desired.

Pour into a bowl and sprinkle on the toppings of your choice. Enjoy with a spoon!

Tips:

* It's easiest to zest the lime before juicing.

** For a homemade granola recipe, try the Ultimate Nutty Granola Clusters in The Oh She Glows Cookbook (page 31), my Lightened Up Summer Granola, or The Perfect Granola (found in The Oh She Glows app).

hi, this green tea lime pie smoothie bowl looks amazing!!! I don’t see the recipe though–the recipe that follows the picture is for the nut free dream cups. Maybe it’s just the time change and I’m not truly awake yet?

Will have to wait till the weekend too, so I have the time to get it right. Nifty title, play on words and all. Love eating Key Lime Pie in Key West Florida but it does nothing for my girlish figure. And even though Spanx now makes men’s products, my wife had forbidden me from checking them out. Never heard of Matcha Green Tea Powder but will have to check out all our health food stores to see if I can get some.

Tom, you can find matcha in several places, but you’ll want to get high quality product! I’ve been using matcha from Steeped Tea–it’s a direct sales company in the USA and Canada. Maybe check online to see if there’s a consultant near you? Their prices are really comparable and the quality is top notch, basically some of the better matcha you can get outside Japan!

Love this interesting combination and the TEA lime pie concept :) Plus it’s such a gorgeous shade of green. Perfect for St. Patrick’s day. And a drizzle of melted coconut butter! One of my favorite indulgences, and I always find they make smoothie bowls more filling :-P

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In the past, all of your recipes that I made were amazing, very tasty & fabulous even!
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Seriously, everything you make looks so delicious! My husband and I came across your book in Barnes&Noble one day while looking for inspiration while on The Daniel Fast with our church and I’ve been a huge fan since! I’m finding out there are a lot of modifications I needed to my diet because I have lupus and you’ve provided some inspiration to healthier and satisfying recipes!
Enjoy the hunger with breastfeeding! I loved those days with both my kiddos! An excuse to eat more! :-) It’s an amazing bonding experience of course!

What a coincidence! I have been rejoicing in different green smoothie bowls for the past week — especially with the weather finally feeling like spring here in Ontario, I am happily sipping my cool smoothies pretty much every morning. I absolutely love using avocado + banana + spinach as the base for pretty much any smoothie, because it gives it such a rich, creamy consistency every time.
Wonderful photography + blog post as usual :) Enjoy the sunshine! I’m sure we all need it after such a long winter.

I forgot St. Patrick’s day is coming up!! This looks amazing! Where do you find the large flaked coconut? I can’t seem to find it anywhere, although I have been obsessed with adding the powdery fine coconut to almost everything lately!

This looks like pure heaven! I love making hot matcha lattes at home but I’ve never thought about adding it into a smoothie before – such a great idea! I will have to crack out my matcha and get experimenting with it for St. Patrick’s day. Great looking recipe!

This is just beautiful, Angela!
You’re right – perhaps this is the kind of breakfast that can sloooow me down. Note to self: shoveling food in your mouth as quickly as possible is not attractive! Sounds like the perfect choice…and all in time for St. Paddy’s Day!

Exactly! Confession time: I’d never heard of a smoothie bowl, and my first reaction was that they sounded kind of stupid, because isn’t the point of a smoothie to be able to smash it into your face as quickly as possible? Okay, maybe it is, but after giving this a try, I admit my complete wrongness about the smoothie bowl. This was fantastically good, and with the coconut butter topping? Good heavens. I may just have to start making time for breakfast with a spoon.

This is such a great idea! Get-togethers featuring DIY food bars are awesome (we got rave reviews from the nacho bar at our wedding — I’m not even kidding), and this looks both delicious and St. Paddy’s apropos. I also love the idea of incorporating matcha, since I’ve been looking for different ways to use the powder. Oh, and mad props on the Key/Tea Lime Pie pun — well played! :)

Yum! I tried my first smoothie bowl last week and while I love having a smoothie on the go the bowl was a neat change up to my routine. I agree drinking it is a lot quicker, especially if I’m running late, which is always.

I was a bit disappointed, at first. I took a look at the recipe and thought “Bummer, a recipe from her I can’t even think about making”. Of all the strange food reactions I have, I get crippling stomach cramps anytime I ingest green tea. So glad it is an option for this recipe! Now I can try it!

This looks fantastic! I’ve been playing around with matcha lately too. My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw the price for a tiny tin though! But then I found it available in bulk from Goodness Me, which is a heck of a lot cheaper. I got the same amount for $10 that would have cost $30 if I bought a tin of it!

I just made this, and boy was it DELICIOUS! I didn’t have Matcha, and I was too lazy to use any toppings ;), but the smoothie was incredible anyway – totally uniquely refreshing. I might make another one later today! Thanks for another great recipe!

This sounds so delicious. I love lime in my smoothies. I will have to skip the matcha though. It is one of those healthy foods that I really want to like, but I have just accepted the fact that I don’t like it! Thanks for another great recipe.

Oh my gosh, Angela this is INCREDIBLE! So much green goodness and matcha magic! We’d love to send you some of ours to try – SUCH big fans of yours. Do you have an e-mail address we could reach you on? Keep up the incredible work. So inspired by your journey and the wonderful work you are doing xxxx

Can you recommend a good match brand? I checked your tea shoppe and noticed you don’t carry it. I’ve tried shopping for matcha in the past and felt so overwhelmed by all the grades and options available. Some have loads of sugar added. Btw, I love your blog and cookbook. Your recipes has helped bridge the great divide between my vegan diet and my man’s carnivorous ways.

I tried this recipe this morning and I loved it! I tend to inhale my smoothies too, so I like making them this way! Smoothie bowls are great because you can sit down and enjoy them. Sometimes I find with smoothie bowl recipes that the consistency is just too liquidy. This came out thick and creamy! I used a frozen avocado, which may have helped. I did not use matcha, but this has inspired me to go out and buy some!

Tried this and it was really lovely. The avocado & banana made a silky slightly sweet base–terrific. Mine was with economical frozen avocado and a fresh banana, but even with a Vita-Mix a frozen avocado takes a long time to blend so I chopped it into pieces first. Highly recommended smoothie bowl :) Angela, on the sleep deprivation side, I liked your witty title and with my 2-wo baby I actually thought it said ‘Key’ not ‘Tea’ – it was a growth spurt last night, LOL. Only when I read what you said about the title did I realize you’d made a play on words. Thank goodness for maternity leave!

In my experience, matcha is only bitter when the water is too hot. I usually make it with water at 70 degrees. But before I add the matcha to the hot water, I first whisk it in about a tablespoon of room temperature water.

Hi Angela, thank you for this delicious recipe! It is super creamy and I love the lime flavor. I had some matcha tea stashed away that I forgot about so I was glad to find a new use for it. I will definetly be using it more often. I felt so energized after drinking it. Sorry! I did drink it but I’ll make it into a bowl next time. :) It was soo good!!
Thank you for all your delicious recipes!!

This was fabulous! I have to admit I am still a little weirded out by the thought of eating a smoothie in a bowl (I don’t know why) so I made it in a class as usual. Didn’t have matcha, but I’m sure it would be even more delicious with! Very tropical.

This was sooooooooo yummy! I’ve been trying to eat more green smoothies since I’ve been pregnant and this definitely hit the spot. I would say it’s my favorite smoothie recipe right now. I can’t get over how much it tastes like the inside of a key lime pie. In fact, I think you could just add less coconut water, double the recipe, and then pour it in a nut crust and you would have key lime pie!

I liked this smoothie bowl very much! I made it exactly as the recipe suggested, but added 1 tsp of matcha to get that extra kick. The lime flavour was very prominent so I almost would make it next time with a little less, to let the matcha shine through a bit more. But great blend of flavours and a nice change of pace from the usual green monster I make ;)

Angela- had this bowl for breakfast this morning! It is really good, and very satisfying to my preggo body;-) next time I will definitely garnish with more lime zest (I only used coconut shreds, hemp seeds, & a few crushed nuts), as mine didn’t turn out very tangy. Thanks:-D

This is absolutely delicious! I’ve made it as a smoothie bowl and I’ve also drank it like a traditional smoothie. I love the combination of lime and matcha! I never would have thought to pair them together, but they make a good couple. Thank you for the great recipe!

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Great recipe! I just love that there so many recipe for healthy and organic food these days. I guess more people a keeping an eye on their health. I love avocado because it’s packed with nutrients that all good for the body. Good jobs, I’m excited to try more recipes from your website.

I made this yesterday (just in a normal glass) without matcha and it was so phenomenal that I made it again today! As I’m English and don’t really use cups I worked out it’s about half an avocado, a handful of spinach and 175ml coconut water.

I also made the crispy quinoa cakes for dinner yesterday and they were such a success that I made your weekend kale salad for lunch today and have your toffee cinnamon oatmeal bars cooling in the fridge right now! Your taste for flavours is just genius and cooking this food is making me think about moving to a more plant-based diet (currently an omnivore). Thank you so much for all the inspiration.

Deliciou! I have an old bag of matcha I found in the back of a drawer, and this was a perfect way to use some of it. Didn’t have avocado or coconut water on hand, so I subbed a big spoonful of sunflower seed butter and used half almond milk, half water. Perfect for a hot morning!

I was just looking for green smoothie recipes and found this one in my travels. I had to comment about the breastfeeding hunger – holy Dinah, there is nothing like it! It’s equal to the exhauation the first few months… the gnawing hunger that’s almost constant! Congrats on the newest bundle of joy! (I know, I’m late, I’m late).

I just made this for a post workout refresher. I modified it just a tad by not using matcha powder as I do not care for it, and also by adding two soaked dates with the liquid (probably ⅛ cup of soaking liquid). I’m going to top it with a little melted coconut butter and some toasted almonds. It is delish!!! Thank you.

RE your Green Tea Lime Pie Smoothie Bowl. Can’t wait to try it. But how ’bout changing the name so it rolls off the tongue a little easier and with more tongue “muscle memory.” I had to practice the existing name several times before my brain easily said TEA LIME PIE. (I lived in Key West for 15 years and make a wonderful not-good-for-you keylimepie. (See! It rolls off your tongue naturally as all one word! LOL!)

I think this might be the most beautiful smoothing I have EVER seen! I really like the idea of having ‘toppings’ to a smoothie – it makes it feel more like a meal and will hopefully make you snack less as well! Also clever idea to add some ice cubes – I always have to leave my smoothies in the fridge for a while before drinking them, but never thought of this much simpler way! Thanks for the recipe!

LOVE this recipe! I devoured it with pineapple, kiwi, shaved coconut and hemp seeds on top! I wanted to make the mint chip green monster but decided to blend (haha) in this recipe and made a mint chip ice cream smoothie bowl using this recipe (omit lime and zest, omit matcha and add mint then top with cocoa nibs) SOOO good! Thanks for the recipes and inspiration!

Hi Angela ☺️
I have just discovered Matcha and am super excited to try this! I was wondering if it could be converted into a smoorhie (that you drink) for busier days? Love your book and the app! Excited to get my copy of the second book!

I am obsessed with this smoothie bowl!! I’ve had it 2 days in a row and am looking forward to having it again tomorrow. The only thing I did differently was dribble coconut cream on it rather that coconut butter. (My butter was bad) I also left out the maple syrup, it really isn’t need. I also toped it with TJ’s ancient grains granola, hemp hearts and toasted coconut flakes. So, SO yummy!!! Can’t wait to try the Buff smoothie bowl..